[yabbs]

I aspire to this...

And...

How do you connect with employers, employees, look up companies, jobs, etc.?

[chairs]

Every job that I've had I've found despite LinkedIn. My first graduate job was through word of mouth, the second I was headhunted, the third I found a recruiter that was worth his salt (who also, eventually, placed me at my fourth). Anything I've needed to know about a company there were ways outside of LinkedIn to find out, often as LinkedIn seemed like a HR washed exercise in grandiose. FWIW they're all but one are companies you would've heard of.

[lopis]

What is the value you've had in return from being connected with your previous employers there? I'm connected with my closer colleagues through normal messaging apps.

[satvikpendem]

All my jobs are from LinkedIn, via recruiters for various companies. In fact, I use the number of messages I get per week as a proxy for how well or poorly the market is doing.

[dontupvoteme]

switch jobs less often.